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racketboy - Feb 1, 2004

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		racketboy	Feb 1, 2004
		I'm trying to backup some of my data on to some DVD-Rs. I'm using Nero 6. A DVD-R should hold 4.7GBs, right? Well Nero tells me that I can only burn about 4.5GBs on the disc. What gives?

		Curtis	Feb 1, 2004
		4.7 is probably some kind of pre-formatted or TOC exclusive value. Like a 80gig HD holds 76.4 (or whatever).

		racketboy	Feb 1, 2004
		Well CDRs can hold 700MBs like advertised

		Arakon	Feb 1, 2004
		dvd-r media hold 4.3 GB. as mentioned above, it's the same thing as with HDs.

		racketboy	Feb 1, 2004
		Well it looked more like 4.4 or 4.5 on Nero. Why are CDs different?

		Pearl Jammzz	Feb 1, 2004
		I would like to know as well....I thought they were just like cds...

		Scared0o0Rabbit	Feb 1, 2004
		you may be able to go higher with it finalized or something. I haven't done much burning with my dvd burner yet.

		gameboy900	Feb 1, 2004
		The reason you get different sizes is because CDR's use the 1MB = 1024KB = 1024 x 1024 Bytes way of measuring space. DVD-R's and HD use the 1MB = 1000KB = 1000 x 1000 Bytes. It's sort of unofficial move to properly realign the whole damn byte sizing thing. 4.7 x 1,000,000,000 = 4,700,000,000 4,700,000,000 / 1073741824 (1024 x 1024 x 1024) = 4.3772161006927490234375 or about 4.38 See. Nero just uses the older 1024 method of figuring out KB, MB and GB.

		Gallstaff	Feb 1, 2004
		Yeah I always hated how it didnt round off to a nice number like how a meg was 1,024 kilos instead of 1000 and the like

		racketboy	Feb 1, 2004
		well that stinks considering it's a few 100MBs less than I was expecting to fix on it.

		Gallstaff	Feb 1, 2004
		And what might that be prytell?

		racketboy	Feb 1, 2004
		that I'm fitting on a disc? well I'm in the process of backing up a lot of my data and moving stuff from CDs to DVDs. This includes: My Sega disc images TV Divx Episodes MP3s Lossless compressed CDs. Hi-res scans of personal photos

		Curtis	Feb 1, 2004
		How personal, racketboy? Just how personal are we talking?

		Gallstaff	Feb 1, 2004
		ooo "personal photos?" I bet some of em got the wife eh, eh?

		racketboy	Feb 1, 2004
		somehow I knew you guys were gonna say that.... ** sigh ** no we're talking your normal photos that would be in one's photo album. baby pictures college wedding all that good stuff. I'm trying to archive a lot of stuff.

		Curtis	Feb 1, 2004
		Heh heh... Poor racketboy.

		racketboy	Feb 1, 2004
		Originally posted by Curtis@Feb 2, 2004 @ 04:02 AM Poor racketboy. what do ya mean by that?

		mal	Feb 1, 2004
		Originally posted by racketboy@Feb 2, 2004 @ 02:57 PM all that good stuff That's still wide open to interpretation.

		racketboy	Feb 1, 2004
		sometimes I wonder why I tell you guys anything....

		Pearl Jammzz	Feb 2, 2004
		haha u can fit a whole HELL of a lot of pics on a DVD......u must have tonz

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